Chest



Jan.l7,l933.

F. J. BOOK CHEST Filed Jan. 9, 32

Patented Jan. 17, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHEST Application filed January 9, 1932. Serial No. 585,785.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements inchests and more particularly to a novel means of hingedly mounting the seat rail on the chest lid, whereby when the latter is raised, the seat rail will still assume a substantially perpendicular position.

Among the advantages derived through the use of my invention, some of the more important may be briefly enumerated as follows:

First: The chest may be placed near the wall and the lid raised without causing interference of the seat rail with the wall.

Second: Economy in crating and shipping.

Third: The lid of the chest may be made of one piece of wood.

In the accompanying drawing, which is for illustrative purposes only and is there- 29 fore not drawn to scale:

Figure 1 is a Vertical transverse section of a chest, illustrating the application of my invention, the lid closed.

Figure 2 is a similar View, the lid raised. Figure 3 is an enlarged detail fragmentary section, of the seat rail, stay rod and associated parts.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of my invention and in which drawing like parts are designated by like reference characters throughout the several views, the numeral 1 designates the chest. 2 the lid which is hingedly connected to the chest in the usual way and 3 the seat rail.

In carrying out my invention, the seat rail is hinged at its lower outer edge, as at 4, to the top of the lid and hingedly connected at its lower outer edge to the back 5 of the chest by the stay rod 6.

Specifically, the stay rod 6 consists of the straight cylindrical body portion 7 terminating at its upper and lower ends in the flat bearing ears 8 and 9, respectively, to which are hingedly connected, the flat metal hinges 12 and 13. The hinge 12 is secured to the lower outer edge of the seat rail by the fastening screws 14 or other equivalent means and the hinge 13 is similarly secured to the back 5 of the chest by the fastening screws In practice, then the lid of the chest is raised, the seat rail 3 will still assume a substantially perpendicular position, as illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing, and, as a result, the chest may be placed near the wall and the lid raised without causing interference of the seat rail with the wall. Another advantage derived through the use of my invention is that the seat rail may be folded down against the top of the lid, after first disconnecting the stay rod, and the chests shipped more economically by permitting the use of a smaller crate. Attention is also invited to the fact that my device permits the lid of the chest to be made in one piece and raised at any time while the chest is near the wall, without causing interference of the seat rail with the wall, whereas otherwise it would be necessary to make the lid in two 0 pieces. 7

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing, it is thought that the construction, operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principles or sacrificing any of the advantages so of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination with a chest with a hinged lid, a perpendicular seat rail and means for hingedly mounting the seat rail on top of the lid and hingedly connecting'the same with the back of the chest, whereby, when the lid is raised, the seat rail will still assume a substantially perpendicular position.

2. In combination with a chest with a hinged lid, a perpendicular scat rail and means for hingedly mounting the seat rail on top of the lid and hingedly connecting the same with the back of the chest, whereby, when the lid is raised, the seat rail will still assume a substantially perpendicular position said means comprising a stay rod hinge connected at its upper end to the lower outel edge of the seat rail and hingedly connected 'at its lower end to the baok oi the chest.

In testimony w natnre.

hereof he afi'lxes his sig- FRANK J. BOOK. 

